Guitar Center is a joke!!! - Anonymous employee Guitar Center Employee Review

1.0
25 Oct 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

It is a great place to work if you are a drug addict, alcoholic or slacker. Being good at your job is not expected and being talented, skilled or passionate is not required or expected either.

Cons

If you are passionate about your job and you have ideas to bring to the table, you will be punished for going against the grain. Corporate promotions are all based on who can kiss the most ass. Talent, skill, hard work and determination have nothing to do with an employees success.

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5.0
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Pros

Got to work with so many people

Cons

Long hours during holidays were rough

1.0
29 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Employee discounts are the biggest reason why people work here, as the discount is really good.

Cons

Your experience working at Guitar Center will largely depend on which store you work at. Some stores have a good management team and employees and are fun to work at. But a lot of stores do not have a qualified management team and they have a staff that is not fun to work with. My location needed a new store manager and instead of promoting the ops manager who knew the store better than anyone else and was with the company for 15+ years working at multiple locations, corporate instead promoted a customer service lead who had been with the company less than 2 years and didn't have management experience. These are the people that corporate decides so often to run their stores.

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